Erebus

Blueberry, citrus, candied fruit and floral rose, per Hop Alliance.

Dual purpose

Origin United States

Bred by Hopsteiner breeding program

One source

Smells like: Blueberry, Citrus, Candy, Rose
Bitterness: High (9.7–9.7% alpha)
Swap it for: Barbe Rouge · compare them →

Brewing values

range on filetypicalbreeder or labmerchant

Alpha acid

9.7%

9.7

1 source

Hop Alliance9.7–9.7

Beta acid

3–4% typical 3.5

3 4

1 source, spread of 1%

Hop Alliance3–4

Total oil

2.3–2.8 mL/100g typical 2.5

2.3 2.8

1 source, spread of 0.5 mL/100g

Hop Alliance2.3–2.8

Alpha to beta runs about 2.8:1, which is what governs how fast the bitterness fades in storage.

Aroma

Blueberry
Citrus
Candy
Rose

What to swap it for

Barbe Rouge 41

aroma 37 · oils — · chemistry 87 · shifts dual to aroma partial data
Bramling Cross 40

aroma 50 · oils — · chemistry 67 partial data
Karma 40

aroma 30 · oils — · chemistry 93 partial data
Loral 38

aroma 34 · oils — · chemistry 82 partial data
HBC 1134 38

aroma 25 · oils — · chemistry 93 · shifts dual to aroma partial data
Mistral 38

aroma 40 · oils — · chemistry 73 · shifts dual to aroma partial data

Scored on aroma overlap, oil composition and acid chemistry, then nudged up where a brewer has vouched for the swap by hand. An axis we haven't measured earns nothing, so a hop known only by its acid numbers caps out around 30 — the score is how much evidence there is for the swap, not just how close the numbers happen to be. Anything under 50 is a different beer, not a substitution.

Pedigree

Parentage unrecorded. HS16660.

Notes on this record

Added 2026-09-29 from hop-alliance's page.

For brewers and data folks: this hop as JSON · the source file